Category: Market Analysis
The typical question investors ask a fund manager is “What is the track record?” And while it is definitely important, looking at absolute returns of a single fund can be dangerously misleading.
Alternative investments — including private equity, hedge funds, infrastructure, and real assets — offer diversification and potential outperformance. But unlike traditional asset classes, they don’t fit neatly into well-known market indices.
Is US President’s party affiliation a driving factor for stock market? We take a look using new Market Environment analysis tool in AlphaBot.
In April last year we created an index-like portfolio of major cryptocurrencies; it was constructed using the five coins with the highest market cap each year (measured by year-end) and then held for one year). This approach has shown interesting results over more than seven years of analysis, basically doubling the return of Bitcoin alone and outperforming equities.
The rise in public equity prices during the ZIRP and quantitative easing years was mirrored in the private equity space as an abundance of cheap debt armed an ever increasing number of buyout funds with the ammunition they needed to complete deals.
Are hedge funds good at picking their favorite long positions? We review GVIP ETF performance for 2022 to find the answer.
Year 2022 may prove to be fundamental or even “epochal” for cryptocurrency world development. Is it all just a deflating hot air balloon or will the events of the past year lead to a healthier and more mature space?
As crypto space matures, are there tools and techniques from the “old age” of investing to be applied? Here we build an index-like portfolio of cryptos to check what benefits this approach may bring to the space.
Can long-only strategies based on 13-F filings outperform the market? We follow up with tracking GS GVIP ETF over recent months
In January we announced winners of 2021 Tactical Award Winners, and 15 managers made the list across a number of categories. Where are they now, 6 months into the difficult 2022?
